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ChristianPost |
6:52am PDT |
Lawsuit Against Teacher's Anti-Christian Remarks Goes to Trial |
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Summary: A federal judge denied on Monday a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against a history teacher for making repeated disparaging remarks about Christians during ... |
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Yahoo News |
6:51am PDT |
Stocks up sharply after Fed credit plan
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Wall Street rebounded sharply Tuesday after the Federal Reserve and other central banks said they will pump $200 billion into the financial markets to help ease the strain from the credit crisis. The Dow Jones industrials surged more than 270 points. |
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BBC News |
6:46am PDT |
Cosmic 'treasure trove' revealed |
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Summary: A space probe measuring the oldest light in the Universe has found that cosmic neutrinos made up 10% of matter shortly after the Big Bang. |
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BBC News |
6:45am PDT |
Burglary warning over bogus Pcs |
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Summary: Thousands of pounds are taken after a spate of distraction burglaries by bogus police officers. |
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BBC News |
6:43am PDT |
Saudi women make video protest |
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Summary: Saudi activists post video of a woman at the wheel of her car, in protest at the ban on female drivers. |
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BBC News |
6:37am PDT |
Central banks plan emergency cash |
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Summary: Central banks, including the Bank of England, plan another set of co-ordinated loans to ease financial market woes. |
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BBC News |
6:36am PDT |
UK braced for more bad weather |
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Summary: The UK is braced more storm weather overnight which will hit the country further north than on Monday. |
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BBC News |
6:32am PDT |
Cipriani takes Wilkinson's place |
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Summary: Jonny Wilkinson is dropped from the England team to face Ireland on Saturday and replaced at fly-half by rising star Danny Cipriani. |
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BBC News |
6:30am PDT |
Goa mother faces 'neglect' probe |
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Summary: The mother of a British girl found dead in Goa says police may question her about possible neglect. |
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Yahoo News |
6:22am PDT |
Polls open in Mississippi for White House primary
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Voting started in Mississippi's primary Tuesday, as White House Democratic hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battle for momentum heading into a break of several weeks between contests. |
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Yahoo News |
6:12am PDT |
Bomb hits Iraqi bus; at least 16 killed
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The U.S. military said Tuesday that three American soldiers were killed the day before by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, bringing to eight the number of troops who died that day. |
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Cnn.com |
6:11am PDT |
Indian workers sue, charge 'modern-day slavery' |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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BBC News |
6:05am PDT |
Iraq road bomb 'kills 16 people' |
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Summary: A roadside bomb kills at least 16 people and injures 22 as they travel on a bus in southern Iraq, reports say. |
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Yahoo News |
6:05am PDT |
Fed again takes steps to boost market liquidity
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve said on
Tuesday that with pressure mounting again in financial markets,
it was expanding a securities lending program and will accept a
broader range of securities as collateral. |
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ChristianToday |
5:56am PDT |
Government support for coal power shameful Christian Aid |
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Summary: Christian Aid said it was dismayed at strong indications on Monday from Secretary of State for Business John Hutton that the Government supports the building of a new generation of coalfired power stations in Britain |
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Yahoo News |
5:55am PDT |
Iraqis still ask if U.S. invasion was worth it
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Five years after U.S. and British
forces swept into Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein, many Iraqis
are asking if the violence and upheaval that turned their lives
upside down was worth it. |
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Yahoo News |
5:42am PDT |
Twin suicide attacks kill 26 in Pakistan's Lahore
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Two suicide car bombers killed at least 26 people and partly demolished a key police building in Lahore Tuesday, deepening the security crisis facing Pakistan's incoming civilian government. |
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Theophiles |
5:42am PDT |
BBC to exonerate Judas in Jesus Christ drama |
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Summary: From The Telegraph:
The BBC is to screen a new drama about the final week in the life of Jesus Christ which appears to exonerate Judas and Pontius Pilate.
Producers of The Passion have portrayed the men in a sympathetic light because they believe they ha |
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Yahoo News |
5:38am PDT |
Deficit widens as oil prices hit record
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The United States' trade deficit grew larger in January as imports — including crude-oil prices — zoomed to all-time highs. |
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BBC News |
5:32am PDT |
Man jailed over al-Qaeda manual |
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Summary: A man who knew some of the 7 July bombers is jailed for possessing an al-Qaeda training guide. |
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Yahoo News |
5:31am PDT |
Official: Cash triggered Spitzer probe
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A law enforcement official says New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's role in a prostitution scandal grew out of a public corruption inquiry triggered by his movement of cash to bank accounts operated by the call-girl ring. |
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BBC News |
5:28am PDT |
Shannon hunt 'near Ripper scale' |
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Summary: Police searching for schoolgirl Shannon Matthews say the case is their biggest since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. |
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BBC News |
5:28am PDT |
Shannon case 'biggest since Ripper' |
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Summary: Police searching for schoolgirl Shannon Matthews say the case is their biggest since the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. |
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BBC News |
5:27am PDT |
BA pilots halt Easter strike plan |
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Summary: British Airways pilots will not take strike action over Easter, their union says. |
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Yahoo News |
5:23am PDT |
Islamic body seeks new role to fight "Islamophobia"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Facing "Islamophobia" in the West, the
world's biggest Islamic body is seeking to rebrand itself this
week as a forum for settling conflicts peacefully and for
redistributing wealth to the world's poorest states. |
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Cnn.com |
5:15am PDT |
Saudi woman driver seeks YouTube acceptance |
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Summary: A Saudi woman has posted a video of herself driving on YouTube in an effort to urge the Saudi government to expand the rights of women to drive in Saudi Arabia.
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ChristianToday |
5:14am PDT |
Christian lawyers chide Marie Stopes for irresponsible abortion hotlines |
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Summary: Marie Stopes Abortion Hotlines are irresponsible and a disservice to women say the Lawyers Christian Fellowship |
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Yahoo News |
5:12am PDT |
24 killed in Pakistan suicide bombings
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Massive suicide bombs ripped through a seven-story police headquarters and a house on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 200 others in attacks that deepened Pakistan's security crisis. |
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BBC News |
5:11am PDT |
One in five denied chosen school |
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Summary: Nearly one in five children was denied a place at their first choice school, official figures show. |
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BBC News |
5:08am PDT |
Boot murder man to serve 17 years |
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Summary: A man convicted of murdering of a woman, whose body was found in the boot of a car in Belfast, is to serve 17 years. |
